Improvement in tags



THEOPHILUS VAN KANNEL.

Shipping Tags.

No.12l`,221. V Pat'e'nfed/Nv.21,1871.

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THEOPHD'JUS VAN KANNEIJ, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,221, dated November 21, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoPHILUs VAN KAN- NEL, of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton and State of `Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Shipping-Tag, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this speciiication.

Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is a section through the eyelet on line x.

The nature of my invention relates to that class of tags which are held to the article to be marked by means of a string, and has for its object the production of a tag at a small cost, having great strength, and which will resist a straight pulling or twisting strain. It consists v in splitting the web at the top of the tag in two equal parts, and, after inserting and securing with adhesive material a patch of pasteboard or other similar fabric, punching a hole at a proper distance from the edge through the tag and patch above mentioned to admit a string.

In construction my invention is as follows: A is the body of the tag; B, a patch composed of pasteboard or any tough and durable material which will resist the cutting of a string inserted between the surface-webs of the tag. The patch B is held in place by means of glue or other adhesive material. A hole, C, is then punched through the end of the tag at such a point as to pass through the middle ofthe patch, or as near as may be convenient to receive the string.

It will be observed that this construction of a tag secures all the desirable qualities of a strong,

durable, and cheap shipping-tag. Should this tag become crushed or mangled while in use it will not lose its hold, as the patch being placed between the halves or webs of the body of the tag is therefore protected. For the same reason it will resist the action of rain, as the moisture, unless long continued, Will not aect the tenacity of the several parts, especially if the substance of the tag is water-proofed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A shipping-tag composed of a single paper web, A, split at one end, and having a patch, B, inserted and cemented within said split, as and for the purpose set forth.

T. VAN KANNEL.

Witnesses:

P. HOFMANN, R. H. PERRINE. 

